What exactly is climate finance? Why is it so critical to helping communities across the global mitigate and adapt to climate change, particularly those most vulnerable to its impacts? And how can the development community help?
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Climate change and social inequality are two of the greatest challenges facing the world today. As we invest in our planet, the onus is upon us to ensure the flows of climate finance and corresponding policies don’t further widen inequality and erode economic justice.
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Chemonics International’s Private Sector Engagement team, in collaboration with Dalberg and KOIS, has developed a series of technical briefs to enrich the technical knowledge of the development community around blended finance in the areas of agricultural finance, gender lens investing, healthcare services, health supply chains, and sustainable landscapes. This primer provides a targeted, high-level overview of blended finance mechanisms to contextualize these sector-specific technical briefs.
Resource - Technical Brief
The Cascading Impact of Green Agri-preneurship on Youth Income Generation in Uganda: The Story of Byeffe Foods Company
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Youth employment and entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector can provide direct career opportunities, promote positive economic outcomes along the agricultural value chain, and drive the adoption of climate-smart technologies.
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In partnership with Unbounded Associates, we developed a set of resources to help international development organizations design inclusive, green programming and prepare young people for the transitioning workforce.
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Nik Steinberg
Senior Advisor, Climate Risk
Nik Steinberg is a climate risk and adaptation specialist with over a decade of experience in applied climate research. As part of the Climate Group at Chemonics, he delivers actionable, user-centric climate information while designing analytical…
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During a time when the private sector acknowledges the economic impact of climate change, international development partners must commit to easing bottlenecks that prevent corporate participation from mobilizing towards climate solutions. These building blocks highlight methods to incentivize private sector investment in inclusive climate action.
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Chemonics and Foreign Policy teamed up to host a webinar on climate-driven migration and investing in climate-resistant solutions to this complex challenge.
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The SERVIR Service Planning Toolkit provides an overview of the ways in which how applying a user-centric approach to integrating earth observations, geospatial science and technology can address various development challenges.
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What priorities should the global development community focus on to combat the climate crisis? Chris Perine shares three ideas in this video series.
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Chemonics’ Center for Private Sector Engagement, in collaboration with Dalberg and KOIS, developed technical briefs on blended finance in the areas of agricultural finance, gender lens investing, healthcare services, health supply chains, and sustainable landscapes.
Resource - Technical Brief